1934

The following is the average ranking of Oscar nominees by the Twitter followers of And the Runner-Up Is. Followers ranked the nominees of the above-the-line categories for the 7th Academy Awards, which rewarded the films of 1934.

Results are tallied using a positional voting system, where the nominees receive points based on their rank position on each submission and the nominee with the most points overall wins

Bold = the actual Academy Award winner

BEST PICTURE

1. It Happened One Night
2. The Thin Man
3. Imitation of Life
4. The Gay Divorcee
5. The Barretts of Wimpole Street
6. Cleopatra
7. One Night of Love
8. Viva Villa!
9. The House of Rothschild
10. Here Comes the Navy
11. Flirtation Walk
12. The White Parade

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Frank Capra – It Happened One Night
2. W.S. Van Dyke – The Thin Man
3. Victor Schertzinger – One Night of Love

BEST ACTOR

1. Clark Gable – It Happened One Night
2. William Powell – The Thin Man
3. Frank Morgan – The Affairs of Cellini

BEST ACTRESS

1. Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night
2. Bette Davis – Of Human Bondage
3. Norma Shearer – The Barretts of Wimpole Street
4. Grace Moore – One Night of Love

BEST SCREENPLAY

1. It Happened One Night – Robert Riskin
2. The Thin Man – Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
3. Viva Villa! – Ben Hecht